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Red Hot Chili Peppers fans are going to get a very special treat from the band this week.

The Audience Network, DIRECT, and U-Verse will air a special performance by the band this Friday night, June 17th at 9pm ET/PT. The performance, which was recently recorded at iHeart Theater L.A., is in celebration of the release of the band’s new album The Getaway. The performance will air on DIRECTV on Channel 239 and on U-Verse on

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Channel 1114. Along with its special performance the band also held an interview session. Among the songs featured in the band’s performance were the likes of: ‘Can’t Stop,’ ‘Other Side,’ ‘By The Way,’ and ‘Soul To Squeeze’ among many others. Audiences can watch the band perform its new single ‘Dark Necessities’ now from that concert at RollingStone.com. The trailer for the band’s performance can be viewed here.

The Getaway is the eleventh full-length Red Hot Chili Peppers studio recording and the band’s first since its 2011 album I’m With You. The Getaway was produced by Danger Mouse and mixed by Grammy® Award-winning producer/engineer Nigel Godrich. Before Godrich came on board with the band, famed producer Rick Rubin had helmed the band’s records for the past twenty-four years.

More information on Friday night’s performance is available online now along with all of the band’s latest news and more at:

The hatchet has largely been buried between the members of veteran hard rock band Black Sabbath. After over three decades of waiting, fans of this groundbreaking band will finally get to hear new music from the band this Summer. And in support of the new album, titled 13, Black Sabbath—Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, and Geezer Butler—will hit the road in support of the album with a full North American tour. Drummer Bill Ward will be replaced on the band’s upcoming tour with a replacement drummer. Tickets for the band’s upcoming tour will be available Friday, May 3rd. Fans can get early access to the pre-sale tickets on May 2nd when they RSVP at https://www.facebook.com/events/147056262140133/?context=create or at http://bit.ly/Sabbath_RSVP.

The band’s upcoming North American tour begins Thursday, July 25th at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion in Houston, TX. It spans nineteen dates that will take the band from the East Coast to the West and even into Canada. The full list of tour dates is available below.

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+Thu- Jul 25 Houston, TX Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion

+Sat-Jul 27 Austin, TX Frank Erwin Center

<Mon-Jul 29 Tampa, FL Live Nation Amphitheatre

+Wed-Jul 31 W. Palm Beach, FL Cruzan Amphitheatre

~Fri-Aug 02 Bristow, VA Jiffy Lube Live

*Sun-Aug 04 Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center

+Tue-Aug 06 Detroit, MI DTE Energy Music Theatre

+Thu-Aug 08 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Arena

+Sat-Aug 10 Philadelphia, PA Wells Fargo Center

^Mon-Aug 12 Boston, MA Comcast Center

*Wed-Aug 14 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre

+Fri Aug 16 Tinley Park, IL First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre

+Sun-Aug 18 Indianapolis, IN Klipsch Music Center

+Thu-Aug 22 Vancouver, BC Rogers Arena

*Sat-Aug 24 Seattle, WA Gorge Amphitheatre

+Mon-Aug 26 San Francisco, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre at Mountain View

+Wed-Aug 28 Irvine, CA Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre

+Fri-Aug 30 Phoenix, AZ US Airways Center

+Sun-Sep 01 Las Vegas, NV MGM Grand Garden Arena

*Tue-Sep 03 Los Angeles, CA Los Angeles Sports Arena

*Previously announced date.

^On sale Friday, May 3

+On sale Saturday, May 4

~On sale, Friday May 10

<On sale, Saturday, May 11

>On sale TBD

Before the band hits the road and the album hits stores, fans can get a glimpse of what is to come now. The band has released 13’s lead single, ‘God is Dead?’, and fans can check it out now on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVfUimq2KeI.

It’s been over three decades since the members of Black Sabbath released any new material. This Summer, one of rock’s greatest bands at long last returns. The band will release its first album in thirty-five years in 13. And now, fans of this legendary band are getting their first hint of the album. The band has released the upcoming album’s artwork and track listing. The album consists of eight tracks. The shortest of those songs clocks in at just over four minutes long. The album’s longest track clocks in at nearly nine minutes. 13 will be available June 11th. Rage Against The Machine Drummer Brad Wilk joined the band to record the album in place of former drummer Bill Ward. Renowned producer Rick Rubin manned the boards for this album.

The track listing is as follows:

1. End of the Beginning (8:07)

2. God is Dead? (8:54)

3. Loner (5:06)

4. Zeitgeist (4:28)

5. Age of Reason (7:02)

6. Live Forever (4:49)

7. Damaged Sou (7:43)

8. Dear Father (7:06)

The band will tour in support of 13 beginning next Saturday, April 20th. The current tour dates take the band across Europe. A full list of tour dates is available on the band’s official Facebook page, http://www.Facebook.com/BlackSabbath. Fans can pre-order the upcoming album—which will be available on CD, vinyl, Deluxe 2-CD Set, and Super Deluxe box set—through the band’s official website, http://www.blacksabbath.com.

One of the most legendary of metal’s bands is coming back. The one and only Black Sabbath will release its brand new album titled, 13 in June. Currently, the album has no definite release date. However, it is known that original members Ozzy Osbourne, Tommy Iommi, and Geezer Butler will all be back for this record. Drummer Bill Ward has been replaced on the album by Rage Against The Machine’s Brad Wilk. The album was produced by iconic producer Rick Rubin. It will be released worldwide on the band’s original label, Vertigo and on Vertigo/Republic in the United States. The upcoming release will be the first for the band in nearly thirty-five years.

“Living Things” is the album for which Linkin Park’s fans have waited for so long. The success behind this new record lies believe it or not in the band’s previous record, “A Thousand Suns.” That record was met to mixed reaction from both fans and critics alike. But to the band’s credit, while it may have been a gamble, the band should be commended for going out on a limb with that release and taking a chance. In crafting that album, the band learned from it and used it in the creation of this album. Where the band might have been uncertain of itself with “A Thousand Suns”, it’s obvious that it’s far surer of itself this time out.

“Living Things” kicks off with a familiar sound in ‘Lost in The Echo.’ This song will take long time fans back to the days of its 2000 debut, ‘Hybrid Theory.’ At the same time though, there is also more of ‘A Thousand Suns’ mixed in with this song, too, musically speaking. The keyboards and electronics mixed in with Mike Shinoda’s rapping and Chester Bennington’s powerhouse vocals show just how far the band has come during the course of its career. Set against the song’s story makes it that much more of a powerful opening. Bennington plays a supporting role to Shinoda here as Shinoda writes, “Cause I was there saying…No/You can’t tell ‘em all now/I don’t back up/I don’t’ back down/I don’t fold up and I don’t bow/I don’t roll over/Don’t know how/I don’t care where the enemies are/Can’t be stopped/All I know/Go hard/Won’t forget how I got this far/For every time saying…” The way Shinoda delivers these lines, there’s a certain energy that really captures the determination that he’s trying to get across. And Bennington’s declaration that, “This time I finally let you go” adds to that energy. It all comes together for a song that is a perfectly fitting re-introduction for the band.

Bennington shows that his vocal chops are as strong as ever in ‘Lost in The Echo.’ In the album’s lead single, ‘Burn It Down’, he shows that while he has powerhouse vocals, he also has quite the control of his instrument, too with the mix of gentility and power throughout this song. Again, the mix of keyboards shows an influence from the band’s more recent release than anything earlier. And yet again because of that, it shows how much the band has grown as a unit and how far it has come.

Linkin Park has shown how much it has grown as a unit on this new record. There’s also a sign of hope for fans of Fort Minor, too. ‘Until It Breaks’ is a solid piece that’s reminiscent of Shinoda’s work on “A Thousand Suns.” It’s also something that would easily fit into a new Fort Minor LP. Add in production by legendary producer Rick Rubin, and fans get one more great addition to an already solid record.

Linkin Park has come a long way from the “musical gold rush of 2000.” But with the release of this new record, the band has shown that while so many other bands have gone by the wayside since then, it is standing tall and proud. And if this new record is any indication, Linkin Park still has plenty left to offer its fans.